Work & commute · Damascus

Work & commute in Damascus, GA

Most working residents leave Damascus for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Colquitt (11%), Albany (10%) and Blakely (9%). Half commute less than 38 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 90 working residents

Typical commute

38 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 89 Damascus residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 95 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Damascus.

89live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

95work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Damascus goes to work

Colquitt8.7 mi away

11%10

Albany37.3 mi away

10%9

Blakely13.6 mi away

9%8

Dothan, AL41 mi away

3%3

Arlington9.6 mi away

3%3

Tallahassee, FL64.6 mi away

2%2

Edison18.2 mi away

2%2

Donalsonville20.3 mi away

2%2

Vienna77.5 mi away

2%2

Camilla30.3 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%47

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Damascus commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

18%

15%

31%

36%

18%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Damascus is balanced between jobs and homes

1.07jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.07 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Damascus are

96 jobs are based in Damascus. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Damascus’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Damascus

96 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month53%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Damascus residents hold

90 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month37%

+68%

Jobs based in Damascus, 2013 → 2023: 57 → 96. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.